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4ktro en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of 4k and intro. See k (“kilobyte”).

Meanings

1. An intro that can be stored in four kilobytes of memory (intended to challenge the programmer, who must write compact and efficient code to achieve this).
   • Win a price^([sic]) in the 4ktro compo! Win a price in the grafix compo! Win a price in the music compo! Join the Autumn Event in South Germany! 1996, Hagen Deike, “InterCon LAST CHANCE”, in fido.ger.ibm (Usenet):
   • I thought about writing a 4ktro for the TI-83 once, but really the only effects you could do would be rotozoomers, wire vectors, and scrollers. 1997, h75h70, “ZShell anyone?”, in rec.games.programmer (Usenet):

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